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A. Pronouns (Kata Ganti) : Parts of Speech (Jenis-Jenis Kata)
A. Pronouns (Kata Ganti) : Parts of Speech (Jenis-Jenis Kata)
(Jenis-jenis Kata)
They = Mereka Them Their … = ….. mereka Theirs = milik mereka Themselves = diri mrk sendiri
He = Dia (pa) Him His ….. = ….. nya (pa) His = miliknya Himself = dirinya sendiri
She = Dia (pi) Her Her …. = ….. nya (pi) Hers = miliknya Herself = dirinya sendiri
It = Dia (bar) it Its ….. = …. Nya (bar) - Itself = dirinya sendiri
Parts of Speech
(Jenis-jenis Kata)
B. Verbs( Kata Kerja)
I go He goes
You eat She eats
We write It sleeps
They sleep
The man goes
The children go My father eats
My frends eat The cat sleeps
The boys sleep
More examples:
I am busy I am a student
You are late You are a teacher
We are hungry We are friends
They are sick They are my books
He is at home
She is behind me
It is in my bag
More examples: Bandingkan!!!
How's it going? (This means "How are you?" not "Where are you going?")
How's everything?
How's life?
Good morning. (until about lunch time, or before 12 a.m. Hi, Susan.
Good afternoon . (12 – 6 p.m.) Morning, Jim.
Good evening. (until about 9 p.m.) Hello.
Good morning, sir/mam/miss/ Mr. …./ Mrs. ….
Initial greetings: Responses for Initial greetings:
How are you? Very well, thank you. How are you?
How is it going? I’m good/ okay/ alright.
How are you doing? Very well, thank you.
How is life? Oh, pretty good.
Not too bad, thanks.
Fine, thanks.
Excellent.
Closing a conversation:
Pre closing a conversation:
Good bye. (formal/ informal)
Ok then ….
Bye-bye; Bye now; See you; Take care.
I’ve got to go now.
See you later. ------- Fine.
So, I’ll see you next week.
See you soon. -------- OK.
I think I’d better be going now.
See you tonight.----- All right.
Well, it’s time for me to leave.
Good night. (after 8 p.m. or retiring to
I think it’s already late at night.
bed)
I must be going home.
*) Good bye, John, and all the best.
*) Good bye, Peter, and good luck.
b. Asking about present activities:
What's new? (What interesting has happened since I last saw you?)
e.g.
A: Guess what? B: What?
A: I just got a new job. B: Congratulations!
d. Bringing up a serious topic:
Can I talk to you for a minute? I need to talk to you for a minute.
Do you have a minute? I have to tell you something.
Got a minute? There's something I need to tell you.
Can I ask you something? There's something I think you should know.
Do you mind if I ask you something? We need to talk.
(Oh) Really?
That's interesting.
Is that right?
Rejoinders may also take the form of follow-up questions. Note how they are used
in the following situations.